"On 'Four Hours Light' the sound that Starmarket brings is one of diversity. The first song 'Into Your Arms' starts off catchy as hell with a really wonderful piano part that makes me smile and later on they throw in a funk guitar part. Amazing. Actually, the most wonderful thing is that the diversity continues through the whole album. Unlike so many bands out there trying to showcase their entire taste in music on one album, Starmarket can pull it off. From the hard rock sound of 'Count With Fractions' to the steel-pedaled guitar on 'A Million Words' to the beautiful piano finale 'Tonight' it all fits together like I've only wished my life could." - Action Attack Helicopter

"If there was any doubt Starmarket is the best band in Sweden, this unquestionably proves they are. Combining melody, harmony and intensity like no other band...so aurally satisfying...quite frankly, there's nothing negative to say." - Beacon

"The Starmarket sound is definitely unique...the little rock symphony that grows on you. Patrik Bergman and Fredrik Brandstrom possess some very soulful voices and I think that's what really drives this album. There's a lot of passion in their deliverance of lyrics. Starmarket does a good job at making the relationship topic seem fresh, not only with the strong vocals, but the atmosphere created by their instruments. A good example here is the song "When the Light in My Heart is Out," a song with beautiful piano melodies overlapping a moody electronic sounding backdrop. Very endearing, indeed. It seems to be the strongest song on the disc and is definitely worth a repeat listen. Four Hours Light is surprisingly infectious." - Jagged

"There are no skip tracks on this disk. I would describe it as a solid play-through album. 'Coming from the cold' captures the album's essence perfectly...heartfelt lyrics and dramatic choruses. 'Drive By' is a cracking penultimate track, and the closer 'Tonight' is simply beautiful, gentle piano and occasional guitar, before a build up that could easily produce tears in the victim of any recent break-up. FOUR HOURS LIGHT is definitely worth the cash, you will not be disappointed. Another fine release from Deep Elm." - Casaba

"This is a great record, filled with sweet and memorable tunes like 'Count With Fractions' that could imprint on your mind. You know those kind of songs that are like bookmarks in our lives, and once you hear them after an absence they take you back to that distant time. Well, Starmarket have given me a bookmark. If you're looking for a complete and talented recording, it is right here. This has everything, from drum machines, to delicate picking and anthem like riffs." - Semantics

"One of those very rare Swedish bands standing apart from the rest of their North American peers. The lyrics are English, and the style is definitely USA. Four Hours Light is sometimes Nineties, smooth almost Sixties sounding harmonics, touches of Seventies dynamics, Eighties aesthetics. Through all of this, there is a consistent rhythm that ties everything together. With everything together, it becomes something that's very much worth the listen." - Ink Nineteen

"As Sweden's pre-eminent guitar band, Starmarket have created a brilliant exercise in layered, melodic rock with Four Hours Light, their second US release. Starmarket delivers several break-up songs, including 'Drive By' and 'Black Sea.' The latter best demonstrates Fredrik Brandstrom's pensive tenor via lyrics like 'I think you killed me long ago. There's a deep black sea, somewhere deep inside of me.' The dynamic 'Without No I' is built from a wall of guitars, while 'Count With Fractions' is a forceful, string-bending workout. Lush pop doesn't get much better than 'Into Your Arms' or the shimmering emotion of 'Coming From The Cold.' And talk about potential hits, Starmarket's got 'em, even though one senses the band strives toward art over commerce. 'A Million Words' may be the independent pop song of the year, with 'Baby's Coming Back' and 'Don't Leave Me This Way' trailing close behind. Starmarket also exemplifies an unexpected courageousness as evidenced by the sadly stellar, jazz-tinged, 'When The Light In My Heart Is Out' and the downbeat, mellotron touched 'Midnight Caller.' Despite their roots in hardcore, Brandstrom and Company have branched out considerably, serving as a testament to their instrumental abilities. To be succinct, Four Hours Light is a vastly produced, exceptionally performed album. Buy this one and tell your friends." - Music.com

"On Four Hours Light, Starmarket expand their Scandinavian melodi-punk into near mellow Radiohead territory. "Into Your Arms" is a radio-friendly slice of minor-chord catchiness. "Count With Fractions" burrows itself into the cerebrum of the listener. "Coming From the Cold" is a truly emo-riffic tune readily available for the big time. Four Hours Light is an elaborate, grand-scale release." - PopMatters

"Looking for rock band that will stick in your head? Starmarket do just that. On Four Hours Light, their style of dynamic song structure is so infectious that repeated listens are totally necessary. What's more is that after each spin, more layers of complexity are revealed. Starmarket is out to raise the bar for rock bands of the future. The melodies leave you wanting more all the time. I really could not get this disc out of my player." - Music Emissions

"Talk about a band growing musically! Starmarket have skipped a few grades and left the other kids in the class way behind. I really liked their last record Calendar, but this blows it away. The variety of songs is all over the place, but it's still very much a cohesive album. They still do the guitar rockout thing here and there, but mostly they play really great pop songs that are layered and recorded beautifully. This is by far the most interesting thing to come from the so-called emo scene in a long time. Twelve pop rock songs that are catchy as hell, but aren't all sissy and whiny like 99% of the stuff out there." - Heckler

"Stripping away the thundering rhythms and post-hardcore guitars of Calendar, Four Hours Light shows the true nature of a band whose compositions had always come more from the singer/songwriting approach than the stumble-and-fall of the punk rock genre. In fact, Elliott Smith could've written the songs on this record. There's no blemish to disguise the pores - however flawed and raw they are - and no cowering behind volume. Just the best things a moody, melodic, broken-hearted, sincere, verse-chorus-verse-chorus wonder can offer. When you can take a song, strip everything away from it - be it attitude, delivery, distortion - and still have something innately touching and relevant to everyone, that's songwriting at it's best. Not that Starmarket needed to prove that to me, but they've really nailed it on Four Hours Light and proven that the world can lose its entire electrical source and still have one fine group of musicians. Produced and recorded by Pelle Gunnerfeldt, Four Hours Light's bare-bones nature is given a boost by lush instrumentation incorporated at just the right moments. The second, sonically obscured drumset on 'When the Light in My Heart is Out,' the pedal steel on 'Tonight' and the abundance of piano throughout the record all complement the songs' characteristics like passing traffic in drunken vision: a collage of beautiful, smeared colors. Different shades of sadness are brought out, the instruments emphasizing and setting the pace, and the result is simply delicious. They can melt even the most cold-blooded, cynical non-believer into a gooey, starry-eyed mush of love. Of course, then they'd make the piles of much experience the kind of monumental heartbreak only a melodramatic eighteen year old - coming out of his first relationship - can feel. Crushing, like the end of the world." - Lollipop

"Probably one of the most gifted and underrated bands in the world, Starmarket is back with another musically progressive record. The vocals have that humble touch. They're simply amazing. You know what? There's nothing I can really say. Get everything Starmarket releases and you'll be guaranteed joy and happiness for years to come." - Start From Scratch

"With age comes progress. Now on Deep Elm Records, with very excellent packaging, Starmarket are sounding more like a Power-Pop-Post-Punk band than ever before by taking the influences of the Beach Boys, Superchunk, and sounds of later Husker Du. Four Hours Light is a nice pop music break in this age of commercial Rock/Rap crap." - Under the Volcano

"Starmarket pulls out a lot of stops and has emerged with a record that contains more musical integrity than most indie-pop attempts, and has done it with brilliant production. These songs are dangerously catchy, but are musically more intelligent than most songs that don't make middle school girls cringe. Some of the lyrics are redeeming, moving into poetic moments, and the vocals make them even more pleasant. Boys should buy this for their girlfriends. Girls should buy it for their boyfriends. Lonely people should buy it for themselves." - Law of Inertia

Into Your Arms recall my faith and how I trusted you in everything. in your embrace i would let go of all my sorrows. now i imagine that we meet. see your face across the street. another look and then i walk the other way. one in a crowd and there is nothing left to say. and i won't be back again to your arms. bounds are still between us and i'll always be your son. but for how long will that relation make a difference. and as i feel us drift apart your picture fades within my heart. you've left a space that no one else can seem to fill. it is an ocean wide and deep and hurts me still. feel you love. taking off. slowly fading out. once there were just you and me. now i can't recall Black Sea colors make me blind. and leave me far behind. hate to let you know. usually let go. one more time around. i leave without a sound. there is no black or white. but you're my star tonight. here's the deep black sea. there is nothing left in me. a sinking stone. i think you killed me long ago. there's a deep black sea. somewhere inside of me. slip into the fog. where everything is locked. you're voice from far away. i can hear you say. step into the light. you're my star tonight. and every time. i pretend that i am blind. and i just can't seem to see. any reason to believe Count With Fractions sweet little angel. where have you gone. baby's grown ugly. clumsy and old. spoiled like an emperor. embraced by the crowd. saggy producers don't want you around. where can you go. who likes you now. cause there must be a way out that i cannot find. i can't see straight through the rain. friends are disappearing without a trace. without a way to ask why life has changed. you're going to understand. cause they can be so rough. they'll make you want to die. sweet little angel. sings no more. worshipped at seven. finished at ten. spotlight fades out. your fame is gone. come back in time. help me to ride this out. i can't face another night. i can't face another loss. watch me flake again. help me to ride this out. people say so many things. help me make this tragic ride When The Light In My Heart Is Out i would like to know you. would you like that too. how long will it last. until you see me through. summer ends and i know that my heart belongs here. even though i promised not to let you come near. when you look in my eyes and they're empty. when my mouths speaking empty words. when you feel there is nobody in here. can you promise to disturb. when i don't tell you how much i love you. when the light in my heart is out. when you sense there is no way to reach me. can you promise to not doubt. say you will believe me. even when i won't. that you will have faith even when i won't. winter's here and i feel a spark burn within me. maybe you can lead me out to where i can see. four hours light. this is not the time of year. to feel very glad. god help me cry. it is what i need right now. i don't wanna hide Baby's Coming Back i remember when we were much younger. when we played down in the neighborhood. year by year the world's been spinning faster. it's so hard to keep the track of time. when i look at you i can't help thinking that sometimes we don't appreciate. all the things that we just take for given. without thinking bout the way we act. hey i'm sorry i was such an asshole and did some things that i don't understand. maybe someday you will learn to trust me. and i will try to be a better friend. when your world is filled with woe and sorrow. then i want you to remember that we're the same blood till the end. well baby's coming back. oh well you know. it's the right side of the track. well it took so long. but i'll see your face again. and it won't be long. i'll never walk away from your side. there's a time for every sin we're making. there's a time for making our regrets. sometimes i wish i could sing like edith and say i didn't wanna change a thing. but i'm sorry for the pain i've caused you. and baby if i could go back in time. i'd be with you in your darkest hour. then i wouldn't turn my back on you. so come on out. see how the weather's changing. though i thought we'd never see the sun. and there's a line forever tied between us. and there will always come a better time. when your world is filled with woe and sorrow. then i want you to remember that we're the same blood till the end Don't Leave Me This Way sweetheart tricks went down the drain. we're two rats left on a sinking ship. another weekend trashed again. long for work to get away. like a hat that doesn't fit. although you've tried it a thousand times. this is how I feel about you. we can't seem to get along. what is it you want from me. i can't recall a single time you were being good to me. still it goes the same way every time. don't leave me this way. i'm sure we are better off being together. don't end it this way. i'm sure there'll be times when we get along better. you will understand this later. you'll regret what was destroyed. we mustn't fight about every detail. mustn't try so hard to break each others' heart. see you up the tallest tree. you sulk for hours and won't come down. i'm sitting right here on the ground. say i'm sorry a million times. you say yes and i say no. if you say stop then i will say go. but should it be so fucking hard. to not fight about everything. why don't you just leave here. i promise i won't try to twist your arm. but every time the door slams. i run to get you back inside again. it's a drag. yeah i know. we've had it coming for so long. it seems like nothing went our direction. we're on the last verse of a sad song Midnight Caller ambulance cracking the night. i open up my window. the city streets solemn in the dark. and i can hear the sirens. somebody met the last big sleep. another family tragedy. a tiny note that no one saw in the paper. i went up north. remember it well. could not believe the things they said. i understood when i got there. then it got to me. i can still see the tracks in the snow. you're forever attached to this mold. nothing much changes under the sun. everywhere i can still see your face. your name's written all over this place. nothing much changes under the sun. snow falls hard all over the bay. i see no trace of summer. but was it you that night by the pier. i thought i saw a shadow. where have you gone. where have you gone now. to haunt the empty boulevards. to watch the trains arrive and leave the station. cause there were things we all like to say. we thought there'd be another day. a twisted fate came in you way and it got you. there's a place that i know in the east that still keeps me from grinding my teeth. nothing much changes under the sun Coming From The Cold little boy. always scared. never learned how to make friends. pushed around. laughed upon. you are still stuck in a world that's in the past. and it's gonna last. last until you understand. i won't take this even though i'm sorry too. and i know just how you feel. you're not the only one that's striving for the truth. but this is not the way to be. different ways. still the same. guess we never have much choice. without trust for no one. as if everything is all the same today. like nothing's ever changed. will you ever understand. i would like to know your heart. was it like this from the start. is it ever gonna change. will it always be the same. don't you know just what you do. is there only room for you. won't you come in from the cold. won't you leave your lonely road Without No 1 sun sets in the horizon. so long my friend. hope to see you in the morning. i'm stranded here on this shore upon these rocks. call your name out won't do no good. won't bring you here. without no one you can go far. without no one you can loose a fight. without no one you must face the night. without no one sleeping by your side. sun rise beyond the mountains. hey my old friend. it seems ages since i say you. you never die. always burn beneath the clouds. always alone. growing old on your own A Million Words put on a smile and cheer up. it's not the end of the world. got a value of your own. at least that's what i've heard. so hard to face. celebration is what i need. it's a disgrace. but i will bring you down. you're hunted by a million words. have your heart caged like a bird. you're filled with negative creation. to close my eyes not be afraid. to not have my life delayed. what a desired situation. set sail across the ocean. no bounds can keep you in here. always be true to yourself and you will defeat your fears. is there a doubt. a feeling coming from deep inside of being left out. don't let it bring you down Drive By a drive by your house. lit up windows. teevee twinkle. makes me wonder. just one more round. a try to catch you. for a moment. and i know it's over. you can't have it undone. now it's broken. there's no way that we'll get around. i misjudged you. the only one i could trust. now it's all through. and i can't bring back what is lost. you were all that i wanted. all that time i was gone. you were everything to me. one more snowfall. i am leaving. you're still carving out my inside. useless talking. i can't win you. you're not in reach now. and i know Tonight lying wide awake through the night till the break of dawn. gazing for hours and hours at one page in this book. so alone i can't get no rest. last night was a mess. running frantic all over town. just to see you again. and tonight i only feel like a flag hanging still for years. i would give you everything i have to feel your arms around me. and i have lived so many fruitless years without going nowhere. we're sinking into the night. down where that cold river flows. i had some bad dreams last night. perhaps it don't mean a thing. on the bridge you see for a mile. where the river runs out lies the ocean open wide. and so dark in the night. the summer's gone now. what can you do. everything's closing in. something bad afoot in the wind taking everyone. tonight there lies a veil over this town so sad and grey. someone said you're gonna leave this town. don't fit you any longer. and i just wish i could be by your side and leave this place forever. but it's over in my heart and soul. i know it's over. still i cannot sleep until i see you. then i will be gone. then it is over. then i disappear